For those of you who haven't seen it, take a look at Domas' Mituzas wiki-stats:
http://dammit.lt/wikistats/
This is real, accurate hourly snapshot data on the access to Wikipedia
captured from the Wikimedia Squid servers. Project counts show the
total access in a time period to the different language editions.
This is great stuff for visualization, behavioral pattern analysis,
and other purposes. If you do something with it, let us know. :-)
URL may change in the future - we'll put a redirect on the above one
if that happens.
--
Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
== Call for Contributions ==
2nd Workshop on Scientific Communities of Practice (SCooP) on June 27th
2008 at Jacobs University Bremen.
http://jem-thematic.net/seminar/scoop2008
== Overview ==
SCooP aims at joining people from different fields, such as math,
computer science, chemistry, physics, biology etc., who are interested
in Community of Practice (CoPs). The workshop shall facilitate the
exchange of experiences and implementations. In particular, to address
questions such as:
* What are scientific or educational practices in educational and
scientific communities?
* Can these practice be automatically detected/ collected/ or modeled?
* What are implementations for CoPs?
* Which features make these tools so attractive and how do they support
(practices of) CoPs?
Papers (including position papers and research proposals) on the
theoretic aspects of scientific and educational CoPs as well as system
descriptions and demonstrations of respective systems, prototypes, and
mock ups are welcome!
== Important dates ==
* Submission of title and abstract: May 16th (via email at
c.mueller(a)jacobs-university.de )
* Submission of papers: May 30th
* Notification of acceptance: June 6th
* Camera ready copies due: June 20th (approximately)
* Workshop in Bremen: June 27th
== Registration and Accommodation ==
* Accommodations are available on Campus of the Jacobs University
Bremen, please contact c.mueller(a)jacobs-university.de for details
* Registration via http://jem-thematic.net/seminar/scoop2008
== Further Links ==
* SCooP Mailing List:
http://lists.jacobs-university.de/mailman/listinfo/project-scoop
* SCooP Interest Group at http://jem-thematic.net/sig/scoop
The workshop is funded by the Joining Educational Mathematics Network
http://jem-thematic.net/
Dear All,
I am currently engaged in conducting research on Wikipedia users'
information behaviour and especially the information sources and
services used in contributions.
The purpose of this survey is to map information sources used in writing
and editing Wikipedia articles. The survey is a part of the research
project "Information service 2.0" conducted by myself (Department of
Information Studies, Åbo Akademi University, Finland) as a part of the
Academy of Finland research project "Library 2.0 - a new participatory
context".
The individual answers will be processed strictly confidential, the data
will not be handed over to any third parties or to non-academic use and
all informants will remain strictly anynomous.
Survey URL
http://survey-3.istohuvila.fi/index.php?sid=62924&lang=en
More information about the project may be found at
http://www.istohuvila.fi/library-20http://www.library2pointoh.fi
Best Regards,
Isto Huvila
--
Ph.D., research fellow, lecturer
Information Studies :: Åbo Akademi University
(w) +358-2-2153467 (m) +358-40-5726259
(e) isto.huvila(a)abo.fi (w3) www.istohuvila.fi
Hello,
This seems like an interesting event that it may be useful to have
Wikimedians attending.
cheers,
Brianna
http://www.communia-project.eu/conf2008
The First COMMUNIA Conference 2008 is scheduled for Monday 30 June and
Tuesday 1st July 2008 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (30 km south of
Brussels). It is co-organized by the Communia Thematic Network and the
GICSI-EU initiative.
The main theme is the Assessment of economic and social impact of
digital public domain throughout Europe.
The Conference aims at initiating a "stock taking exercise" of the
impact of public domain initiatives in the fields of public sector
information, libraries, archives, scientific research and creative
works in Europe. The event is mainly aimed at promoting the public
domain by building capacity for scientific assessment of social and
economic impacts, and promoting analysis of legal impediments. The
conference will draw upon the extensive information on open access
practices that is available, although often in an informal manner,
within major networks and stakeholders in Europe.
The following issues will be specifically addressed during the conference:
- What are the objectives of the open access commons?
- What are the existing legal, institutional and normative mechanisms
that are adopted in different open access initiatives in the fields of
public sector information, libraries, archives and creative works in
Europe ?
- How to assess the economic and social impact of selected cases ?
We welcome papers submission particularly related to the following topics:
1. Libraries and archives
2. Public sector Information
3. Creative works
4. Scientific research
5. Publishing intermediaries
6. Emerging Issues
1. The aim of the call for papers is threefold: to build a
repertory about the usage of open access licenses (under different
forms) in EU,
2. to evaluate social and economic benefits of open access initiatives, and
3. to discuss proposals for mitigating economic and legal obstacles.
http://communia-project.eu/conf2008/cfp
Submission by 30th March 2008
The acceptance of abstracts for the conference will be notified the
20th of April. Instructions will be given concerning the format of the
final papers.
Authors accepted must submit their papers before the 15th of June.
Papers accepted will be compiled and published in the Conference Proceedings.
--
They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:
http://modernthings.org/
Dear Semantic Wiki developers,
the deadline for the 3rd SEMANTIC WIKI WORKSHOP at ESWC (June 2, Tenerife,
Spain) has been extended to
Monday, March 10th, 2008, 12:00 GMT
(just before lunchtime, no further extensions possible)
That is, you have one more weekend to finish and polish your submission to
SemWiki 2008 – http://semwiki.org/semwiki2008.
Clarification on demo/position paper/full paper:
If you submit a position paper, please append "... (position paper)" in
your title, if you submit a demo or poster, append ".. (demo)" or "..
(poster)" or "... (demo/poster)" to your paper title. We expect, but do
not require, that most posters will have a demo and vice versa.
All kinds of accepted submissions will be printed in the proceedings.
Further details are available at [1]
[1] http://mathweb.org/semwiki2008/Main_Page#Call_for_Contributions
We wish you a productive weekend,
the SemWiki organizing committee
--
Christoph Lange, Jacobs Univ. Bremen, http://kwarc.info/clange, Skype duke4701
After visiting Montreal in spring for the RoCoCo and in autumn for the
WikiSym, here is the opportunity to come back for the summer!
Although not focused on wikis as such, some of you might be interested by
the last 4 days of this Summer Institute on social cognition, which include
lectures on knowledge communities, knowledge production and sharing or
collective intelligence, to name but a few.
http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/
Guillaume
VOIR LA VERSION EN FRANÇAIS PLUS BAS.
>
*** REGISTRATION NOW OPEN / EARLY REGISTRATION FEE UNTIL APRIL 15 ***
The Cognitive Sciences¹ Institute organizes a Summer Institute to which you
can register and receive three (3) credits towards your degree.
Entitled Minds and Societies, the 2008 Summer Institute will again address
an important current topic in cognitive science: social cognition.
The Institute is gathering leading researchers on the interface and
transition between individual ideas and minds and collective, distributed
ones (biosocial psychology, cognitive anthropology, social neuroscience,
distributed cognition, extended mind philosophy, etc.).
We hope that all will be stimulated by this confluence of perspectives.
Confirmed speakers include (alphabetically): Daniel Batson, Paul Bloom,
Richard Byrne, Angelo Cangelosi, Rosaria Conte, Daniel Dennett, Terrence
Deacon, Merlin Donald, Shimon Edelman, Christian Fellbaum, Rob Goldstone,
Philip Jackson, Frank Keil, Andrew Meltzoff, Élisabeth Pacherie, Jesse
Prinz, Deb Roy, Rebbeca Saxe, Barry Wellman, and many more (see our web
site: http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/).
Our first Summer Institute in Cognitive Science brought together more than
150 local and international participants who met and exchanged ideas on the
topic of categorization. It was a great success according to all involved,
and has spawned an authoritative 32-chapter text on the matter, the Handbook
of Categorization in Cognitive Science, Cohen and Lefebvre (eds.) (2005),
Elsevier.
The advantages of a Summer Institute:
> Classes given by top researchers in their field;
> Meeting high caliber foreign students who share your interests;
> Networking;
> Several related activities which will help develop your knowledge of
> related fields (poster session
> http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/eteisc/ocs/custom/cfp-socialCognition.pdf,
> thematic dinners, etc.);
> A PhD level course during the summer (which can be rare in some
> faculties);
> Getting 3 credits in ten days (+ a paper at your leisure during the
> summer);
The registration process contains one or two steps according to whether you
want to obtain credits or not.
> 1. Anyone wishing to attend the Summer Institute must fill in the form on
> our web site and pay the course fee:
> http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/eteisc/ocs/index.php/eteisc/SS2008/schedConf/re…
> tration
> 2. If additionally you wish to receive credits for attendance and:
>> You are a PhD student from the Université du Québec à Montréal: See your
>> department¹s graduate study advisor (or his/her assistant) and register to
>> one of these classes:
>>> DIC938H-01. Cognition Sociale
>>> PHI9026. Sujets spéciaux
>>> LIN9950. Séminaires thématiques
>>> PSY9517. Problèmes contemporains en psychologie sociale
>> You are a Master¹s level student from the Université du Québec à
>> Montréal: Please write to us (summer08.isc(a)uqam.ca) or speak with your
>> graduate program director. The summer Institute welcomes all graduate
>> students and will adjust required coursework to reflect the student¹s level.
>> You are a student from a Canadian university: Please contact our
>> registrar¹s office: franco-canada(a)regis.uqam.ca.
>> You are a student from the US and abroad: You will simply have to
>> complete a form upon arrival to be admitted as an independent student.
>>
Note that, depending of your situation, additional registration costs may be
charged by UQAM or your own university in order to get these credits.
>>
Please visit our web site to consult the latest program and for any
additional information concerning the Summer Institute:
http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/
The organizing committee.
The Minds and Societies Summer Institute in Cognitive Science
summer08.isc(a)uqam.ca
*** LES INSCRIPTIONS SONT MAINTENANT OUVERTES / FRAIS RÉDUITS JUSQU¹AU 15
AVRIL ***
L¹Institut des Sciences Cognitives organise un Institut d¹été auquel vous
pouvez vous inscrire et recevoir trois (3) crédits. L'Institut d¹été de
2008, intitulé Minds and Societies, traitera cette fois encore d¹une
question importante et d¹actualité en sciences cognitives : la cognition
sociale.
L'institut regroupera les principaux chercheurs à la frontière entre la
cognition individuelle et celle de nature collective et distribuée
(psychologie biosociale, anthropologie cognitive, neurosciences sociales,
cognition distribuée, philosophie de l'esprit étendu, etc.). Nous espérons
que tous seront stimulés par cette convergence de perspectives.
Les conférenciers confirmés incluent (en ordre alphabétique) : Daniel
Batson, Paul Bloom, Richard Byrne, Angelo Cangelosi, Daniel Dennett,
Terrence Deacon, Merlin Donald, Shimon Edelman, Christian Fellbaum, Rob
Goldstone, Philip Jackson, Frank Keil, Andrew Meltzoff, Élisabeth Pacherie,
Jesse Prinz, Deb Roy, Rebbeca Saxe, Barry Wellman, et bien d¹autres, (voir
notre site : http://www.ete08.isc.uqam.ca/).
Notre premier Institut d¹été en sciences cognitives a rassemblé plus de 150
participants locaux et internationaux qui se sont rencontrés et ont échangé
autour de la question de la catégorisation. De l¹avis de tous les
participants, ce premier Institut
d¹été fut un énorme succès, qui a donné naissance à un ouvrage important sur
le sujet, le Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science (sous la
direction d¹Henri Cohen et de Claire Lefebvre, publié chez Elsevier).
Quels sont les avantages de s¹inscrire à l¹Institut d¹été ?
> Des cours donnés par des sommités internationales dans le domaine ;
> La chance de rencontrer des étudiants étrangers de haut calibre
> partageant vos intérêts ;
> La possibilité d¹établir des liens de réseautage (pour études
> ultérieures, stages, postdoc) ;
> Plusieurs activités connexes qui vous aideront à développer vos
> connaissances (séances de communication par affiche
> http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/eteisc/ocs/custom/cfp-socialCognition.pdf, soupers
> thématiques, etc.) ;
> Un cours durant l¹été (ce qui est quelques fois rare aux études
> supérieures) ;
> La chance d¹obtenir 3 crédits en dix jours plus un travail à compléter
> pendant l¹été.
>
La procédure d¹inscription comporte une ou deux étapes selon que vous
désirez obtenir des crédits ou non.
> 1. Toute personne désirant participer à l¹institut d¹été doit remplir le
> formulaire sur notre site web et acquitter les frais d¹inscription :
> http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/eteisc/ocs/index.php/eteisc/SS2008/schedConf/re…
> tration
> 2. Si vous désirez également obtenir des crédits (3) pour cette activité,
> la procédure varie selon votre attache universitaire actuelle :
>> Si vous êtes étudiants au doctorat à l¹UQAM, il s¹agit de vous inscrire
>> auprès de votre département à l¹un ou l¹autre de ces cours.
>>> DIC938H-01. Cognition Sociale
>>> PHI9026. Sujets spéciaux
>>> LIN9950. Séminaires thématiques
>>> PSY9517. Problèmes contemporains en psychologie sociale
>> Si vous êtes étudiants à la maîtrise ou finissant au baccalauréat,
>> veuillez nous écrire ou consulter la direction des études supérieures de
>> votre programme pour discuter de la possibilité de faire créditer un cours de
>> maîtrise. L¹institut d¹été accueillera favorablement tout étudiant de
>> maîtrise désirant s¹inscrire et ajustera les travaux demandés pour refléter
>> le cycle des inscrits.
>> Si vous êtes inscrits à une autre université, veuillez vous adresser
>> directement au bureau du registraire : franco-canada(a)regis.uqam.ca si vous
>> êtes du Canada ou nous vous remettrons un formulaire à remplir pour admission
>> comme étudiant libre si vous êtes de l¹étranger.
>>
Notez que dépendamment de votre situation, des frais d¹inscription
supplémentaires pourraient être demandés par l¹UQAM ou votre université
d¹attache.
Veuillez visiter notre site web pour consulter le programme et pour toute
information au sujet de l¹Institut d¹été :
http://www.summer08.isc.uqam.ca/
Le comité organisateur
L¹Institut d¹été en sciences cognitives Esprits et Sociétés
--
Guillaume Chicoisne
Institut des Sciences Cognitives
(+1) 514-987-3000 #4374
Cog. Sci. Institute: http://www.isc.uqam.ca
Pers. Page:
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/cogsci2/isc/article.php3?id_article=229
What if the Foundation were to take advantage of the large number of
researchers that are closely associated with the organization and could
potentially serve as mentors? I don't know for certain that they would be
willing to fill that role, but they might, and I can see a lot of code
coming out of it that benefits the project.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Brion Vibber <brion(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> > They begin accepting applications for mentoring organizations in two
> days.
> > Any word on this?
>
> We're still very short-handed, so we'll see what we can do. We haven't
> really been able to support more than one or two projects in the last
> couple years.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
>
>
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Hello,
Two of the most visible aspects of what is being called Web 2.0 are
Virtual Reality and wiki collaboration. If Wikipedia is a monument to
turning fun and procrastinating into something very useful and
valuable, VR so far seems to be the other way, a way of taking
creative energy and turning it into fun and procrastination. Part of
this is that most VRs have intentionally been "walled gardens," where
effort poured into the VR is only really useful inside of the VR.
I'm hesitating to write this in case it breaks something that I've
been doing, but let me plunge ahead. One of the most interesting VRs
is Linden Lab's Second Life, which is being used as the basis for both
an OpenSim project, and for IBM's virtual world. It's primary
difference from the point of view of social and technical research is
that it has a relatively versatile scripting language called LSL, or
Linden Scripting Language. This language is being ported to run on top
of a mono virtual machine presently, but even in its current state it
can do amazing things. By querying and editing wikimedia wiki's it is
possible to bring information "in world," that is into the vr, easily,
and have wiki information control in world objects. This creates the
potential for true metadata to VR, with in world objects updating text
state, and text state controlling vr objects for display of
information, and finally true interaction, where both sides affect the
other.
This is important because VR has been data processing poor, and
information poor, while it is social interaction rich.
Are there other people looking at wiki-VR interaction? I can go into
more details about how this project is working off list if anyone is
interested.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am currently conducting a research survey on Wiki technology. The survey
title is called "Survey on Adoption of Wiki Technology Innovation".
The objective of this survey is to deepen the understanding of the initial
adoption of Wiki technology innovation by individuals in organizations, and
the Wiki technology's diffusion within the organization. It is based on the
theoretical framework of Roger's Diffusion of Innovation. I would appreciate
your expert view and feedback on this survey. Also, I kindly seek your
assistance
in forwarding this email to your colleagues, friends, or anybody you think
use wiki in organisational settings. I hope it will not take too much of
your time and apologize for any inconveniences.
Here is a link to the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=zfANP1maT_2ffOLCMljGEMbA_3d_3d
This short survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete and will greatly
assist in the study of the factors that influence the adoption Wiki
technology innovation.
Thank you very much for your time!
Warmest Regards,
Weizhang
Singapore